Google’s CES booth flooded due to heavy rain — and employees were bailing out the water in buckets

Google's booth at CES 2018 was forced to close on
Tuesday due to heavy rains that caused flooding.

The booth should open again Wednesday if everything
dries out.

Las Vegas residents say the city hasn't seen rain in
121 days, but it's coming down nonstop on the first full day of
CES.

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LAS VEGAS - It's so rainy in Las Vegas that Google was forced to
close down its booth at the 2018 International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) on Tuesday.

Google had planned a preview of its booth for press at 8 a.m.
local time Tuesday, but was forced to close up shop completely
after the booth flooded. Google's entire booth is now covered in
tarps, with employees using buckets to bail out water off the
back balcony.

A representative outside the booth said Google plans to open the
booth again Wednesday morning, provided everything dries out
before then.

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Google wasn't the only victim of the heavy rain. The parking lot
of Harrah's Las Vegas casino is now a massive flood zone: